Some lessons from the demise of The Daily: Was it the platform, the content, the structure, or the business model?

It’s official: The Daily is closing. Launched to high expectations in February 2011, the iPad-only daily “newspaper” was the target of much anticipation and sniping from the start. As early as April 2011, we were charting what seemed like a leveling-off of interest, and its choices — to charge for content in an era of free, to be platform-specific in an era for the platform agnostic, to ape a print newspaper’s publication schedule when little could seem less timely — made it a flashpoint....

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Publishing for Profit

Publishing is a rapidly changing business, and this comprehensive reference is right in step—covering operations, finances, and personnel management as well as product development, production, and marketing. Written for the practicing professional just starting out or looking to learn new tricks of the trade, this revised and expanded fourth edition...